Jim Downing prefers to call himself a craftsman, not an artist. But his intricately hand-carved renderings on Colts, Rugers, Winchesters and other fine guns have earned him clients from across the ...

His is an old and rarely seen art, his canvas a place where danger and decoration meet. Beauty and the beast. Séan McVicker engraves firearms, turns steel into stories. Working with tools that haven’t ...

Richard Kramer learned the craft of engraving as a way to expand his custom rifle business, but now personalized engraving takes up a bulk of his time. Most of it isn’t even on firearms. Kramer, a ...

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ROGERS — Kings and queens have cherished engraved swords, lances and shields over the centuries. Now, 21st century dukes and “dukettes” can feel like royalty while carrying an engraved pistol to the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Jim Downing prefers to call himself a craftsman, not an artist. But his intricately hand-carved renderings on Colts, Rugers, Winchesters and other fine guns have earned him ...

VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Michigan-- Joe Rundell, a world-class gun engraver who lives here, has been a little busy the past three years. He has been engraving metal and creating bas-relief artworks of several ...

VIENNA TWP. — Joe Rundell has racked up another high honor as a well-respected firearms engraver. Rundell, 70, of Vienna Township has been included in a coffee table book, “American Engravers: The ...

Sean McVicker is “packing,” but not in the usual sense. His tiny workshop is filled with ornately engraved guns ranging from long-arm rifles to pistols, their scrolled artwork visible under ...

The man behind the mustache teaches an old craft that takes patience, precision and a whole lot of practice. Jim Downing is the gun engraver. " Firearms today.... are ugly quite frankly," says Downing ...